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R. Bućin, Prilog poznavanju institucija: zakonski okvir rada velikih župa NDH, Arh. vjesn., god. 44 (2001), str. 209-225 Klemenčić, Mladen: Promjene upravno-teritorijalnog ustroja Hrvatske 1918-1992, objavljeno u: Hrvatske županije kroz stoljeća, Zagreb 1996, 123-148. Landikušić, Rafael: Priručnik o političkoj i sudbenoj podjeli u NDH, Zagreb 1942. Summary CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF INSTITUTIONS: COUNTIES OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA - LEGAL FRAMEWORK (1941-1945) The article presents administrative history of the counties of Independent State of Croatia, mostly on the basis of regulations, including - besides their organization from 1941 - all changes from 1943 and 1944, the latter less known or mentioned in the relevant literature. It includes a short review of the individual histories for each of the counties, with all belonging districts and changes of county borders. The counties were established on the basis of legal act of June 10th 1941. Their establishment was finished at the midst of August when they reached the number of 22: Baranja, Bilogora, Bribir and Sidraga, Cetina, Dubrava, Gora, Hum, Krbava and Psat, Lašva and Glaž, Lika and Gacka, Livac-Zapolje, Modruš, Pliva and Rama, Pokupje, Posavje, Prigorje, Sana and Luka, Usora and Soli, Vinodol and Senj, Vrhbosna, Vuka, Zagorje. Their titles and spacing reveal the intention to reminisce the tradition of medieaval Croatian counties (župe/iuppae) and connect Croatian with Bosnian and Herzegovinian territory. They were in charge of the affairs transmitted to them by certain ministries (schools, work inspections, employment of foreign citizens, traffic and public works, health affairs, crafts, industry and commerce) and, in the second instance, of all the affairs of subordinated bodies. After capitulation of Italy the number of counties changed for the first time, when they reached number of 23. The new county Sidraga nad Ravni Kotari was established on November 1st 1943. In the same time and from the same reasons, county Dubrava was increased on the south. After withdrawal of Italians, the territory of Istria fell to the jurisdiction of the German military administration. The last reorganization happened on July 5th 1944, when the number of counties was diminished, for the reasons of better organization and rationalization of the work, as it was proclaimed in the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Two counties of the middle and southwest Bosnia - Lašva and Glaž, and Pliva and Rama were merged into the new one, Lašva-Rama, which soon, on September 7th, changed name in Lašva-Pliva. Caused by this change, the range of neighbourhood dis224